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A cheery and warm welcome, dearest friends, to His Encouragement: Biblical Inspiration for Your Thursday. Every Thursday, a few blogging friends and I will each bring you a Bible verse and a little hope-filled discussion. We pray that these Thursday posts help you end your week strong in God’s love and purpose for you. We also welcome you to join the conversation by commenting with your thoughts. God bless!

Today’s Thursday Encouragement

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they are red like crimson,they shall become like wool.”

This is one of many Biblical passages that touch my heart and so, this Thursday, I wanted to share it with you. When this verse is often shared, the focus is on the second part: “…though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”

And for good reason! This is a beautiful, amazing promise from the Lord that our sins are forgivable. Ephesians 1:7 confirms this promise: “In him [Christ] we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses [sins], according to the riches of his grace.” (See also Colossians 1:14.)

No matter what we have done, the opportunity to be forgiven is available to us! But how? We must confess our wrongdoing, our sins, to the Lord and ask for His forgiveness. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9) This is not a one-off experience, though. It is something we must do regularly, day to day, as we spend time with the Lord in prayer.

That is why I find the often-overlooked beginning of the Isaiah 1:18 verse so fascinating. It reads: “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord…” Our heavenly Father, the Creator of the entire universe, wants to spend personal time with me and you to “reason together” regarding our sins. He desires for each of us to come to Him, to confess our sins, to ask for forgiveness, to be comforted, and to be made new by His Spirit living in us. What amazing love!

Amen!

Now it is your turn! What verse or passage is blessing you today?

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